Wood Varieties For Spoon Carving - Deborah Schneebeli Morrell

[@Zedoutdoors]

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[@abhudhanda8194]

Thanks Zed! As a new spoon carver, your entire series with Deborah has been invaluable!

[@Zedoutdoors]

Hi Abhu, I sincerely appreciate your kind words and worth mentioning that I have all of my tutorials listed on this page on my blog in subject order for easier navigation - zedoutdoors.com/video-tutorials ....happy catving my friend ~Peace~

[@chacehawkins4708]

Debra is my greatest inspiration! Thank you zed for helping get her work known to us

[@Zedoutdoors]

Thank you for the kind words and like you, Deborah is also one of my favourite makers! ~Peace~

[@lukehall3914]

I so enjoy any videos with Deborah , she is so talented and such a lovely lady. The carrots in the oven story is so much fun. Thank you.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Indeed it's always a joy spending time with Deborah and the carrot story had me laughing too! :) ~Peace~

[@johneriksen5504]

Thanks Zeb. Debra is such a delight to listen and learn from. BUT You! You must be a mind reader. I have been watching spoon carving tutorials for a couple of years and only this month did I find some references that had me planning to write you today. Then I saw your post. May be old stuff to you long time carvers but a big gap in knowledge for us newbies. Thanks.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Hi John, indeed this was a topic I had been meaning to cover for some time, so when the opportunity came up to film this with Deborah I leapt at the chance! Sincerely appreciate your kind words and chuffed to hear you found this video useful ~Peace~

[@timeclock27]

Hi Zed. Thanks for all your awesome videos! In this video, Deborah mentions at 20:07 that you can create spalting by storing the wood. Would you ever consider making a video about how to force-spalt green wood?

[@Zedoutdoors]

Thank you for the kind words and sure thing, i'll add force spalting to my list of videos to film when next possiuble ~Peace~

[@Jeffrose_]

Your spoons are absolutely amazing.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Aren't they just, Deborah is a very talented and humble maker ~Peace~

[@aaronwarner2762]

Her hands are amazing!!!! Bet she could squeeze the water out of those blanks if she wanted to. Sure wish I lived across the pond for carving lessons from her. Thanks for the content Zed!

[@Zedoutdoors]

Deborah sure is strong for her age and full of life! Sincerely appreciate your kind words and for watching Aaron, really means a lot ~Peace~

[@tokjucka]

Always a treat seeing Deborah's collection, and previously I've been quite envious of all the shrub and garden wood, but was tickled when she mentioned Arbutus and Pittosporum. Both are quite popular trees here in San Francisco, and I've gotten to carve some Arbutus. It really is a wonderful wood.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Oh wow thast awesome to hear, always find it fascinating the woods that are commmon to other parts of the world ~Peace~

[@patrickgatons]

So many awesome and beautiful spoons.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Aren't they just, she's such a talented maker ~Peace~

[@kjgas6945]

Thank You Zed and thank you Deborah excellent video enjoy looking at all the different Woods. From across the pond peace out! Have a blessed day!

[@Zedoutdoors]

Sincerely appreciate your kind words and for watching my friend, have an amazing 2023! ~Peace~

[@kjgas6945]

@@Zedoutdoors thank you Happy New year Zed

[@mnbluesboy]

Fun stuff to digest here. Lots of good info held within. Thanks Zed and Deborah

[@Zedoutdoors]

A pleasure my friend and I sincerely appreciate you watching ~Peace~

[@jonnygonzales3875]

great video! thanks Deborah and Zed!

[@Zedoutdoors]

Thank you so much Jonny! ~Peace~

[@peterlarwood8331]

Thanks Zed and Deborah, that was most interesting. An interesting wood to try is Lilac as it has a cream sapwood and a dark heartwood with well defined rings with a tint of lilac towards the centre.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Appreciate the heads up Peter as it's fascinating just how many varieties there are out there to try ~Peace~

[@JensDenborg]

Damn..you are so productive, Zed! Looking forward to enjoy this film after dinner today :-)

[@Zedoutdoors]

Thank you kindly Jens, I am like Londons public buses, you wait a long time for one and then many come at the same time! :) ~Peace~

[@andrewkrahn2629]

2:42 - start spoons

[@Zedoutdoors]

Thank you kindly Andrew :) ~Peace~

[@aaronweslowski5269]

Right on zed, love debra! I could talk grain for hours with her!

[@Zedoutdoors]

Me and you both Aaron! sincerely appreciate your kind words and for watching ~Peace~

[@diogenesegarden5152]

Poplar is a lovely, easy wood to carve if you can get hold of some. I had a trailer load from the local golf club and the pale sapwood can contrast beautifully with the yellowy heartwood which had hints of pink and orange.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Thats awesome to hear, I remember a friend offering me some a while back but he was too far away for me to collect ~Peace~

[@NutterCutterWoodworks]

Tell Deborah that I carve out of California (united states) and I use madrone all the time! Arbutus Menziesii! Everyone uses it for firewood here but it has the most magnificent grain and color. Some even has a red stripe!!!

[@Zedoutdoors]

That's wonderful to hear and hopefully Deborah see's your comment! ~Peace~

[@rmpge]

Great video lovely wood

[@Zedoutdoors]

Many thanks Dan and indeed, wood selection was lovely to see ~Peace~

[@richardcook555]

Interesting. I put the initials of the genus & species on the cut ends of raw material. Love the dogwoods for knife handles. Give black locust a try, very exotic looking.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Same here, I use a sharpie pen to mark the initials of the species of the wood on the piece of wood itself so I don't forgeet what it is. Many thanks for watching Richard and for the sugestion of using Black Locust ~Peace~

[@ECOM_PIMP]

zed could you do a video of some of your spoons ect? stay blessed, a video would be good on someone showing how to carve a ladle! this would be killer

[@Zedoutdoors]

A ladle tutorial is in the works brother and long overdue on this channel ~Peace~

[@ECOM_PIMP]

@@Zedoutdoors Cant wait matey top stuff

[@boroda1711]

👍👍👍

[@Zedoutdoors]

Thank you kindly ~Peace~

[@marsoelflaco5722]

Zed sporting wood for Deborah's......spoons!!!😉✌🏽

[@Zedoutdoors]

Always Marso! :) ~Peace~

[@richardcaramagna7357]

I recently acquired a couple of black walnut logs about 14 inches in diameter and 20 inches long. They were fresh cut so they are very very wet. I have sealed both ends with Anchorseal. My question is whether to strip off the bark to help reduce the moisture, or will this lead to more checking?

[@Zedoutdoors]

Hi Richard, if you are looking to store the wood, then I would leave the bark on. Just be sure to store it in a cool dry place ~Peace~

[@christophermckinney984]

When you are storing blanks in the freezer, how do you prepare the blank? For example, I have a feeling you don’t just drop a piece of wood into the freezer, but do you put it into a sealable sandwich bag, wrap it in paper towels, wrap it in damp paper towels and place into a zip sealed plastic bag before fiercely depositing it into the deep freeze??

[@Zedoutdoors]

Hi Chris, you can put it as it is into the freezer or put into a carrier/ziploc bag first, either way is fine and there's no need to over complicate it ~Peace~

[@nigelwylie01]

My attempt to note some of the woods mentioned in this video: Arbutus (strawberry Tree) Also called Madrone Pittosporum (pittosporum tenuifolium) Cypress (One of many species in the Cupressus Genus) Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum taxodiaceae) Redwood Family) Ring Porous Woods: Mulberry (In the Morus genus, likely to be either the alba, rubra, or nigra species, but could be one of the other 60+ other species) Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) Mahonia shrub (1 of about 70 species in the Berberidaceae family) Rowan (Sorbus) or Mountain Ash Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) Damson (In the Prunus Genus) Field Maple (Acer campestre) Maple (Another Acer (There are about 200 species)) Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) More Mulberry Oak (Quercus robur) Cherry (Another Prunus, possibly avium?) Pear (Pyrus communis) another Pittisporum Peach/Damson/Plum (Prunus) More Beech Hawthorn (Craetagus monogyna) Birch (Betula pendula) Pear (Pyrus communis) Holly (Ilex aquifolium) More Arbutus Apple (Malus domestica)

[@Zedoutdoors]

Wow Nigel that is incredibly astute of you to note all the names down! appreciate you doing this as your comment will help others ~Peace~

[@nigelwylie01]

@@Zedoutdoors well I did it to help me initially, as I didn’t recognise quite a few of these species mentioned. Then I thought it might help some others. So perhaps folks who have actually carved more of these woods than me, can put me right, or zero down some of my more general identifications, so I can edit it to make it a bit more accurate?

[@johanneswerner1140]

Brilliant, when I was working abroad and had to talk about trees, fruits and wood with people I used the Latin names. Like... what is sorbus aucuparia in English? I think its rowan, though that might also be sorbus domestica, in Norwegian it is rognbaer, I think. Greatly appreciate this list!

[@clintstinkeye5607]

I have a bunch of purple heart and mahogany sticks. Since I've not found either as a spoon wood alternative, I'm assuming they have a toxic nature. I know they're not great woods to work with dry, but are they toxic?

[@Zedoutdoors]

You will have to clarify elsewhere if they are toxic, but to my understanding Mohogany is not toxic as a spoon but purple heart may possibly be. That being said, neither is good for spoon carving with hand tools. Find yourself some softer woods ~Peace~

[@richardcaramagna7357]

When using fresh cut wood to carve a ladle or deep spoon, how do yo prevent cracks from forming in the bowl?

[@Zedoutdoors]

Hi Richard, I have videos on my channel that teach how to carve a variety of 'Scoops', may I suggest watching those as they address your question in detail ~Peace~

[@barryconway]

Really interesting. Thank you. And, Zed: I think your production, your camera work, your interviewing technique - it has alll really come along. Good job, sir.

[@Zedoutdoors]

That is very kind of you to say so Barry, thank you. Still a long way to go before i'm really happy with the quality of my videos, but making steady progress. Stay blessed my man ~Peace~

[@curiousgeorge555]

Good stuff!

[@Zedoutdoors]

Many thanks my man 🙌 ~Peace~

[@samanthawaters6892]

Hi guys. Really enjoyed the video ….Just a quick question I acquired a lot of chokecherry (prunus virginiana) I’ve been told parts of it are poisonous as is most cherry. Have you ever used it for spoon carving? Would appreciate some info if possible Cheers

[@Zedoutdoors]

Hi Samantha, unless I am mistaken Choke Cherry is only naive to the US so it's hard to comment on the use of it. Also worth noting that the Cherry wood in the UK is safe to use for Spoon Carving ~Peace~

[@samanthawaters6892]

Cheers Zed, …..will give it a try 👍

[@hananeibenamar8381]

Hi. Why she tricks the wood into the water?

[@Zedoutdoors]

It's to slow down the wood from drying out ~Peace~

[@curiousgeorge555]

Killer thumbnail, btw.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Cheers dude, i'm trying to up my game when it comes to thumbnails so appreciate you noticing! ~Peace~

[@joshnoll1343]

Try buckthorn. Considered invasive here and has some great color. Almost a marmalade orange in the heart wood.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Appreciate the heads up Josh, amazing how much variety there is wood around the world ~Peace~

[@joshnoll1343]

@@Zedoutdoors Honestly most of the species in your video I had not heard of. Hopefully I'll get my hands on a few some time. Bit of a different climate here in Maine, USA. Thanks for the great videos.

[@LycaonsMemories]

aight, dumb american here... what is an allotment? is it like her backyard? a piece of land away from her house?

[@ganainm2025]

An allotment is a smallish piece of land that you lease from your local council. Generally you must use the land for growing fruits or vegetables, although you can normally use a percentage to grow flowers as well. It's a great way of connecting with nature as well as being able to produce some of your own food. It's especially good for people like myself who live in an apartment and have no garden/back yard. Because demand is so high in lots of cities and towns you may have go on a waiting list for some years before one comes available.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Everything that Gan said, to add to that, allotments became popularised during the world wars in order to help people who dont have their own gardens to grow their own produce. By law in the UK, every council has to offer allotments to the local residents, distributed on a first come first serve basis ....I hope to be doing a dedicated video on allotments in the new year :) ~Peace~

[@waynehaylett6662]

Did I hear Denise say spoon club? Can anybody attend these?

[@Zedoutdoors]

Hi Wayne, Deborah runs a Spoon Club meet up periodically in North West London. It's technically for people she knows personally or have been vetted by other attendees. Also you need to have experience of Spoon Carving to attend and not be a newbie. My suggestion is if you do have experience of spoon carving, then message Deborah through Instagram and show her some of the work you have done, she'll decide from there if you're ok to attend ~Peace~